How I Became a WordPress Evangelist in About Two Weeks
D.J. Billings from Los Angeles, California writes about finding, falling in love with, and making a career out of WordPress.
Essays
Tales Of A Serial Contributor – Histórias de um colaborador em série
Daniel Kossmann from Curitiba, Brazil writes his many experiences contributing to the WordPress project and community.
Finding My Global Family – Samun iyali na duniya
Hauwa Abashiya from both London England AND Kaduna, Nigeria writes about finding a global family in the WordPress community.
Contributing To WordPress Without Being A Developer – Contribuire a WordPress senza essere uno sviluppatore
Stefano Cassone from Rome, Italy writes about how WordCamps and contributing back to WordPress has enriched his career and his life.
Grief, Stuff and Netflix – Rouw, Spullen en Netflix
Dit essay is ook beschikbaar in het Nederlands. This post is not about web accessibility, it’s about mental health. About trying to cope with grief and burnout. I’m not the first within the WordPress community who lost someone they love. People within the community lost a spouse, a sibling, a parent, a child. People that…
Becoming a Global Citizen
Nigel Rogers from Harare, Zimbabwe writes about how his experiences in the WordPress community taught him how to be a global citizen.
When the world was down, the WordPress community was up – Cuando el mundo necesitaba un descanso, la comunidad de WordPress estaba activa
Estela Rueda from Bratislava, Slovakia writes about how the WordPress community rallied around her when Covid struck and work ran out. Este ensayo también está disponible en español.
WordPress and Me: Am I Going Against All Odds? – WordPress dan Saya: Apakah saya dapat melewati semua rintangan yang menghadang?
Devin Maeztri writes from Indonesia about finding a place in the WordPress community despite not being a developer. Esai ini juga tersedia dalam bahasa Indonesia.
Being a freelancer can be the most stable thing in Taco land
Este ensayo también está disponible en español. I am a very lucky person. I studied software engineering at a private university, I’m white, straight, handsome, and I live in Taco land. I could have easily joined a multinational but there was always something that stopped me. It was probably that I felt I didn’t fit…
Never give up on your dreams – Moet nooit jou drome laat vaar nie
Die opstel is ook beskikbaar in Afrikaans. For years and years, I always wanted to do websites. I dabbled in coding with HTML and CSS had one website go live within 3 months, but everybody who has done coding, also know, that it is very time consuming, something as a mom, I don’t have much…